Certification

[Starbucks_33]

Hi,

I got an email from Microsoft about becoming "certified" in Office.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/officespecialist/awareness/default.mspx


Has anyone done this? is it worth it or are there any ways to get "certified" in excel. I have heard of an "Excel MVP" but to get that you have to have contributed something to the excel community.

Thanks

 

[RoryA]

I've never done any certifications but then my job is not really about Excel - it's just one of the tools I use, and I'm not really a developer.
Having said that, I would imagine that at interview or tender stage, the more relevant certifications you have, the better. Which is the best certificate for you, depends on what you do - there's a lot of info here.
The Excel MVP award is something you have to get nominated for, generally by other MVPs, so there's nothing specific you can do for that other than to help out in Newsgroups and other forums like this one really.